I Found Him On My Doorstep <3

Seriously...

I stopped dead in my tracks. The bell had already rang as a signal first class after lunch so there was no one near the gate except him.

“I don’t have to energy to take with you right now” I spat and walked straight by him not looking him in the eye.

“Come on Toni? I came here to wait for you so that I could apologise.” He said. I stopped walking but didn’t turn around.

“Peter. You think that after everything you’ve said about me and Cody that sorry is going to fix it all. After calling me a skank and saying that Cody was only looking for one thing of me. If that’s what you think then you’ve got another thought coming. You’re not forgiven” I spat and continued walking to get my bag from my first class. I didn’t bring it with me when I left the school.

“Ha.” He laughed dryly. “If you don’t forgive me Toni I’ll just go tell the Dr. Bob what you did today.”

“You do whatever the fuck you want because quite frankly I couldn’t care less!” I shouted at him but I didn’t turn to look at him. He didn’t deserve it.

“You’ll be sorry Toni. I’ll be sure of it” this time I ignored him and went on to my next class.

I had Maths next with Cody meaning that I’d have to answer to him once I got there. I mentally sighed. I got my bag from Mr Ramsay’s room, good job he didn’t have a class. I would have to think up of an excuse to tell Mrs Ronan why I’m late. I opened the door and walked in. Everyone in the class turned to look at me, I immediately felt my face flush. I don’t like having all this attention on me.

“Sorry Miss I...Uhh ...wasn’t feeling well” I stuttered out. I didn’t think that she’d believe me but she did. Must have been due to the fact that I look awful.

Walking over to my desk I could see Cody looking down at his hands not even bothering to acknowledge that I was there. I sat down in my chair beside him but even then he didn’t look up.

“Hey..” I whispered. Nothing. “What’s wrong?”

Nothing.

“Cody...” I dragged out the y trying to make him at least smile. Anything to know that he was okay.

Nothing.

“Is everything Okay?” I asked one more time.

“Miss Mc Arthur” Mrs Ronan spoke up. “I will not have you coming in late into my class and then disrupting everyone else. Hush.”

“Sorry Miss” I said quietly. I gave up trying to talk to Cody. I didn’t know what was wrong with him. What have I done to upset him? I couldn’t think of anything. For the whole class he just sat there and did nothing. He didn’t look up, he didn’t take notes and he didn’t speak. Once the bell rang for next class I began to pack my stuff up. I heard the chair squeak beside me and looked up. Cody had gotten up pushed his chair back in and walked out of the room. He just left me.

I fought back the tears. Is it because I left school with out telling him? Has he found out that I went to see Alli without telling him? How could he have known about me going to see Alli though? It was a split second decision. I gave up thinking and walked to my next class this time I was b myself. Maybe he just needs time to think about something that’s bothering him. Not having me beside him might help.

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I walked home alone today. I met Cody outside the front entrance of the school and tried talking to him again. He just ignored me and walked faster. I let him walk on and slowly dragged my feet home. I tried unlocking my front door to find that it was already unlocked. Was mum home? I slowly creaked it open and heard singing from the kitchen. Yep she was home again.

“Hey mum. Why are you home again?” I asked.

“Well now that Cody has been so generous as to give us money I’ve decided to take few days off and spend it with you kids.” She smiled. She looked around at me and her face fell. “Honey. What’s wrong?”

“Nothing mum I’m just tired.” I said. “Where’s Cody?”

“He’s in your room honey. Did something happen today? He just came in said Hello and went straight to your room. Usually he’s more...Lively?” She wondered.

“I don’t know mum. Really, he’s ignoring me for some reason. I don’t know what I’ve done to him though.” I sighed.

“Oh I wouldn’t worry. He’s maybe just tired to go talk to him, I’m sure everything’s fine” she smiled again. What would I do without her. She’s my rock.

I dumped my bag at the front door and made my way to my room just wondering what I would say to him. I just stood there to scared to go in suddenly very interested in my door sign. I made it when I was 12. It was purple with my name and a lot of swirly designs all over it. The only thing wrong with it was that it only had my name on it. It couldn’t really be called my room anymore now that I shared it with Cody. I took a pen out of my pocket and wrote his name n the same way mine was but in blue. I also did a couple of blue swirly lines to make it look balanced.

 Stop Stalling Toni. Okay now time to get in there and see what’s wrong. I knocked the door not wanting t just barge in. There was no answer. I knocked again but there was still no answer.

“Come on Cody. This is my room too ya know.” I said through the wood. He opened the door and walked away from it back to his bed that he had pulled out.

“I wasn’t stopping you from coming in” He said with no emotion. He threw himself back onto his bed and looked straight up to the ceiling. He still had his uniform on but now it was a wrinkled.

“Will you tell me what your problem is?” I asked getting fed up with him giving me the cold shoulder. He stayed quiet. I walked over and lay on my bed sideway but face down with my head hanging over his side of the bed. “Are you not going to answer?”

“I was talking to peter today while you had left the school. I got so freaked out that I couldn’t find you anywhere so I went to go ask him and lily if they might have seen you. Peter told me a few things while I was with him.” Cody said.

I felt fear relish every inch on my body. “What were the things?”